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Crescent Dragonwagon, etc: The Summer Slide Edition
Another month, another Funny Names in Food post. Though this round has caught me even more unaware than usual. (And I can get caught plenty unaware.) Even my own blog is being sorely neglected what with summer travels and the … Continue reading
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Tagged bourbon, chocolate, food, food for fun, humor, humour, molecular gastronomy, restuarants
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Willie Harcourt-Cooze and Chocolate for Everyone!*
Do you guys like chocolate? Yeah? Thought you might. Just checkin’. I like chocolate. I also like greatly named chocolate entrepreneurs, which by default makes me a huge fan of a certain Willie Harcourt-Cooze. You see, Willie is a London- born … Continue reading
Domenico “Domingo” Ghirardelli, Sr., Chocolate Dude
Baby, it’s cold out there. At least it is here in the Midwestern U.S. where we’re seeing record-setting sub-zero temps. Brrrrr…. Hot chocolate, then, that classic winter warmer, is where we’ll shine our spotlight for this month’s Funny Names in … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, chocolate, chocolate production, deLizious, food for fun, Ghirardelli, history, hot chocolate, hot cocoa, Montezuma, San Francisco
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Ruth Hanly Booe, Mother of the Bourbon Ball
Booe! Hard to believe, but it’s once again time for Funny Names in Food. That thing I did up there, with the “Booe!”? Simply my way of jumping into a post I’m excited about. A bit of background first. Last … Continue reading
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Tagged bourbon ball, candy, chocolate, Ruth Hanly Booe, women in business
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Milton Hershey: The Man Behind the Chocolate
Well, hello funny name fans! I open this FNiFood post by introducing myself, as my failure to do so last time caused Dave great consternation. (Really, it didn’t. It’s just more fun to use the word “consternation” than to say … Continue reading